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Live Blogging Day 2: Multi-Site Exposed Conference. Come on over!
In Multi-Site Exposed Conference Blog Notes on September 30, 2008 at 11:26 amLIVE BLOGGING the Multi-Site Conference @ Seacoast
In Multi-Site Exposed Conference Blog Notes on September 29, 2008 at 7:05 pm
I will be LIVE BLOGGING until I get bored. Stay with me…good stuff already I have to catch-up on…so bear with me. They are taking text message questions, so if you have one, hit me and I will try to get it on. 3-6:15pm Monday…and 8:00am-4:00 pm Tuesday. Stop by when you can or read them later.
it’s official.
In Ashland Campus, multi-sites, New Hope News on September 29, 2008 at 2:35 am
Almost 300 today in ASHLAND. WOW. Only God. I can’t believe I have a small part in this thing. It is indescribable what HE is doing out here in the STICKS. Truly. Thank you GOD!
A HUGE THANKS to the Ashland Staff: Bud, Kevin, Nicole, the Ashland Launch Team, New Hope Staff, and all who helped us out in ANY way. You are more than appreciated. You ALL poured it ALL out and laid it ALL on the line for our KING!
Better than the attendance…lives were truly touched today. They really were. More thoughts to come later.
So after a great launch, lunch with family and friends (and I don’t want to hear about the BENGALS game…talk to me when we have a fair fight and not an 8th string quarterback:) Then caught a flight to Charleston to speak at a breakout HERE. Looking forward to a time of devotions and decompression on the beach tomorrow early before the conference starts @ 1:00pm. (Just a few minutes away!!!) Need some alone time right now.
Way to go New Hope! Way to go GOD! You all came through today, and this is just the beginning. I love this place.
blessings and peace!
Need 2 Minutes.
In multi-sites on September 27, 2008 at 7:31 pmTo all my church leader friends. Go to this POST at THE STICKS BLOG and help me out. I need 2 minutes of your time. Thanks yo.
This could be a historical weekend in your life.
In New Hope News on September 26, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Why you ask?
- You have the opportunity to help change someone’s eternity. WHO ARE YOU WORKING ON BRINGING TO THIS NEW SERIES? (I have my peeps in mind…4 couples will be receiving invites today from Tiffany and I.) Now stop…how about you?
- You have the opportunity to help CHANGE YOUR MARRIAGE! (I love teaching series like this, because I am ALWAYS the one who needs the LEARNING the most!)
- You have to opportunity to pray for each campus as we return from the summer to see all of our campuses (Wooster, Loudonville, China and Ashland) GROW numerically, spiritually and in community with each other.
- You have the chance to PRAY for our ASHLAND CAMPUS LAUNCH this Sunday @ 11:22 am @ Ashland High School. I ask you this: WILL YOU PRAY (at least) 5 MINUTES for the ASHLAND CAMPUS this weekend? I WANT TO LOG at least 1,000 minutes of prayer for Ashland this weekend (and don’t stop there!) WILL YOU DO IT? Don’t be lazy please…reply to the e-mail or say yes to the comments and I will let our team know how many are praying for them!
- You have the chance to live out YOUR MISSION that GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO! I can’t be where you are, and you can’t be where I am…let’s go do what HE has called us to do. And I truly believe that this will be HISTORICAL WEEKEND at NEW HOPE.
I want to be a part of helping to organize that party in HEAVEN as the angels are breaking it out this weekend about new people finding the SAVIOR!
All that’s missing now is…
YOU!
Let’s get at it!
Blessings and peace. See YOU this weekend!
we interrupt this multi-site conversation…
In money on September 25, 2008 at 9:00 am
ummm…was going to talk with our tech guys bout our multi-site technology, but since we are 4 days out from launch, and they are still deciding which way to go…I think I will postpone that one. And pray.
Anyway, I will interrupt for this string of questions that are killing me:
What will it take to get our country to realize that we can’t live on CREDIT? (It’s so bad right now that I think my 401K will be sending me a bill that I owe them!)
Why do we live in such an instant gratification society?
When will we learn?
What will it take to get us to stop this cycle?
Why do I make the same mistakes? Why do I make the same mistakes?
Soooo…..
Let me ask you this: As a church, are you hanging on? I know we have a long way to go to be steady, prepared and have money in reserve, but we’re working towards it! Our Executive Pastor told me this week that we are making solid progress, and that is an answer to prayer. This downturn has hurt everyone, everywhere, especially small town America.
My prayer is that we can pay off our building in the next 3-5 years. I hate carrying that debt, but we had like 20 services or something in a tiny space…lovin the idea of Francis Chan’s model.
An outdoor deal that lets the community share in the love. Wouldn’t work too well in Ohio…but there is something there we could bite on.
How about personally? How is it rolling? We will talk about finances one week during this SERIES kicking off this weekend. FINANCES KILL MARRIAGES AT A RAPID PACE!!! IT IS A DISEASE!!!!Looking for a great resource on handling finances? CHECK THIS OUT.
People at our church (and several people who don’t attend church but have come to New Hope to learn this…have paid off tens of thousands of $$$ toward financial freedom). It’s a great outreach to those in the community and a great growth tool for those in the church. DO SOMETHING! PEOPLE ARE HURTING AND THE CHURCH MUST STEP UP!
When we finally realize that we cannot live on credit, then everything changes.
People must realize that they cannot work their lives away to pay for things they can’t afford, and then, since they are so busy working to pay for what they can’t afford, they can’t use the stuff that they are working so hard for that they can’t afford, and then not only can’t they use it, but while they are working to keep their heads above water, their family/life is going to hell, not to mention their spiritual lives.
I pray we all wake up and let it begin with ME! Let it begin with our church! Let us realize that the love of money truly is the root of all kinds of evil. May we start to love God more than stuff. Been there, done that, still struggle at times!
How about you? Where are you right now…where are you heading? Where do you think the country is heading? Share the love with us.
blessing, peace, and financial freedom.
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A low-risk approach to multi-site.
In multi-sites on September 24, 2008 at 4:01 amMany people ask, when do I know that we are ready for multi-site? Here is a great post that reviews what they teach at the multi-site conference that I have been a part of in the past.
One of the easiest way to see how you feel about multi-site is to consider going multi-venue within your current environment. Try starting a service that is EQUALLY excellent (if not BETTER!)
Do the video technology with HUGE EXCELLENCE. Don’t short-cut it, but roll it out big time, and test drawing peope to a new venue (country, grunge, heavy metal, artistic, etc.). Of course music isn’t the only change you would make, but we all know how large that is. And you don’t have to be video 100% of the time. We are a hybrid video/live teaching model.
When and if we ever expand our building we will not only be multi-site, but multi-venue. (For an example, see THIS CHURCH.)
This is a great way to get your feet wet before the big commitment of going off-site and all your base operations are there (kids, cafe, parking, signage, etc.). Low risk, BIG PAY-OFF!
Have any of you done this? Let me know your thoughts. We’ll talk next time about the actual technology we “want” to use, and the technology that we are actually using in a video cast with our team.
Small town multi-site questions.
In multi-sites, New Hope News on September 23, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Can multi-site work in small, rural town. Yes.
Can multi-site work when the first campus is in a very rural town, and your new sites are in substantially larger cities? Yes.
What are the benefits and disadvantages to small town multi-site?
How can you save $100,000 and 2-5 years when starting a multi-site?
What are the basic necessities that a campus needs when launching in a small to medium sized town?
If you want to know the answer to some of these questions and more…then come check out the break-out session I will be leading at the MULTI-SITE EXPOSED CONFERENCE @ Seacoast Church next Monday and Tuesday. (Batterson, Surrat, Rizzo, just to name a few will be there…can’t wait to learn from them! Sponsered by the amazing team @ LEADERSHIP NETWORK)
Can’t make it to that? Check it out at the upcoming STICKS CONFERENCE multi-site break-out sessions.
Later this week I will be talking with our tech team about how we are making multi-site cost-effective for small budgets, so stay tuned!
And check out THIS NEWS ARTICLE on our newest multi-site launching in ASHLAND this weekend. (Yes…I really do have to get a campus launched with our awesome team and then board a plane that night to go teach a break-out, so MUCH PRAYER for the launch and myself would be so welcome!)
blessings and peace.
ummm…this 15 second read will hurt.
In Church Leadership on September 22, 2008 at 2:34 pmRead THIS POST and do something about it. But only if you can handle reading it. 15 seconds is all it will take. The rest is up to me and you.
I went around the world in 60 seconds and had my picture with the President.
In Ashland Campus, multi-sites, Watch This on September 22, 2008 at 10:00 amDidn’t know that was possible? At New Hope, it is. Watch this short lead-in to our now finished ON LOCATION series. Cool series…we went to all of our campuses and introduced the people to each campus, the people, the space, and some stories. From Loudonville to Wooster to Ashland to China…who would have thought? And the final week MELTED FACES off all of us.
I’ll be writing about our multi-site strategy this week…stay tuned.
Blessings and peace this week!
(And our Ashland Campus Launch Team and Staff Need some prayer THICK! 6 days until we KICK IT off in ASHLAND! We believe for 300+, and pray for HIM to show up with POWER!)
